Printer s galley



(No Model.)

W. H. GOLDING.

PRINTERS GALLEY. No. 329,159. Patented 001;. 2'7, 1885.

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WILLIAM H. GOLDING, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PRINTERS GALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,159, dated October 2'7, 1885.

Application filed May 5, 1884. Serial No. 130,446. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. GOLDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, (Chelsea) in the county of Suffolk and.

spective of a galley constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end edge View and plan of the blank from which my galley is formed and upon which certain steps in the process of manufacture of the galley have been taken. Fig. 3 is a'perspective of a corner. Fig. 4 is a plan of a like portion; and Fig. 5, an end elevation illustrating modifications, the latter figure being a section on the line 2 z, Fig. 3. 1

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

Heretofore in the manufacture of galleys from a single piece of metal the selection of the metal, as regards its thickness and hardness, has been limited, in a measure, by reason of the necessity of producing a square corner along the fold-lines of the bottom and walls, in that, in order to produce such a corner, the thickness of the metal used must be within a certain limit determined by the fact that in bending excessively thick metal otherwise adapted to the purpose the galley, when completed, is weakened along the fold-line, and therefore strengthening means are requiredsuch as forming the walls in the shape of tubes with or without the filling of soft metal.

By my construction I am enabled to employ thick hard metal in the construction of the galley, whereby I secure a firm bottom less liable to spring or become bent by reason of the weight of the type thereon, and less liable for other reasons of being thrown out of shape, whereby the walls occupy other than a right angle to the bottom of the galley, and thus prevent the usefulness of the same in holding type squarely on their feet.

In constructing agalley according to my invention I take a sheet, A, of metal of the desired proportions as to relative length and width, and I cut out two of its corners each on the lines a, a, a and a I then slit the blank diagonally on the lines a*, which terminate at or about the corners of the bottom portion, B, of the galley. In thismanner I produce two side wings, O, and an endwing, D. w w and y represent the location of the lines upon which the blank is folded to bring the side and end wings to a right-angleto the bottom of the blank B. and either before, at'the time of, or after such folding of the side and end wings I form thereon longitudinal bends or grooves c d, which in the completed galley form external beads, as clearly shown inFigs. 1, 8, and 4:. In bringing the wings to the position wherein they serve as the end and side walls, the end edges of the wings formed by the slits a join each other at the corners for about onehalf the depth of the bead, and the end edges of the wings formed by the lines a. or join each other at the upper portion of said bead, any overlapping of said edges which may occur being removed, while the edges formed by cut ting on the lines a a unite as the vertical edges of the joint, and these edges may be either square or beveled, and they may be menforced by a simple angle, as E, or by a tubular corner-piece, F, which may or may not be filled with soft metal. These pieces E and F serve as re-enforcements to-the corner-joints of the galley. Thegrooves or beads c d may now be filled with soft metal G, which is flush with the inner surface of the wings or walls, whereby a smooth interior is secured in the galley and the walls are strengthened at the fold-line.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to the blank herein shown and described, for it is evident that I may change the design or character of the beads, which would necessitate a change in the exact outline of the blank, and yet secure material advantages of my novel construction. So, also, by the employment of sufficiently heavy metal, which is permitted by reason of the beads or grooves along the fold-line, I may dispense with the soft-metal filling; or I may retain the beads and filling onlythat is to say, the blank A may comprise the bottom-forming portion B and the bead-forming portions 0 c d, and a separate lining-strip may be inserted to form the side walls, 0, and the end wall, D, in one. continuous piece without joints at the corners, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. In this latter modification I still retain the feature of construction which prevents weakening or breakage along. the fold-line of the bottom-forming portion of the blank and the strength given to the structure by reason of the bead with or without the-filling.

What Ihave'herein designated as a continuous'separate liningzy-strip without joints at the .cornersispartially illustrated in Fig. 3, in that theside and: end-walls,- G D, are formed of a continuous-stripof metal bent at a right angle to fitlthe cornerswherethe heads a and d join each other-that is, where their end edges, a a5, and a?', come=together-the side walls, 0, of course being understoodto extend to the front end of the galley.

The gistof myinventi'on is forming grooves or obtuse bends-orbeads'along those portions of the blankwhere thewalls join. thebottomforming, portion, in order that heavy metal may be employed and the walls brought to a rightanglewith the bottom without breaking or weakening, the metal along the line of fold.

l. A galley formed at the ends and sides of its bottom-forming portion with outwardlyprojecting longitudinal bends, grooves, or beads of substantially curved outline in crosssection to constitute an obtuse angle, for the purpose specified, and having end -and side walls surmounting said bends, grooves, or beads, substantially as specified.

2. A galley formed of a single piece of metal having vertical end and side walls surmounting outwardly-projecting hollow longitudinal grooves or beads, substantially as specified.

3. A galley formed in one piece and comprising the bottom-forming portion B, the end and side walls, D 0, having outwardly-projecting hollow heads 0 d, and afilling, as G, flush with the inner surfaces of said walls, substantially as specified.

4. In a galley formed of a single piece of metal, the combination of the bottom B and longitudinally-beaded walls 0 D with the filled corner-pieces F, substantially as shown and :described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAIVI' H. GOLDING.

Witnesses: Y

H. Y. WIGGIN, ROBERT HUMPHREYS. 

